- 1. "Spermatorrhea" Was Once the Male Equivalent of “Hysteria” – And Its Cure Was Absolutely Shockin
- (Sex)
- ... in the 18th century (though the concept came to be back in ancient Greece), one could be diagnosed with hysteria if they experienced symptoms including abdominal pain, elevated heart rate, “excessive” ...
- Created on 12 December 2022
- 2. “Reclaiming Amy”: Her Story of Stardom is More Complicated Than it Seems
- (TV)
- As Psychology Today puts it, "celebrity in America has always given us an outlet for our imagination, just as the gods and demigods of ancient Greece and Rome once did.” We tend to dissect the publicised ...
- Created on 05 August 2021
- 3. Let The Ancient Spirit of Hekate Awaken Your Inner Dark Goddess
- (Living)
- HEKATE. FOR THE WITCHES among us, the very name of this ancient goddess associated with magic, mystery, and empowerment evokes a rumble deep inside. Her history is complex. In her origins around the ...
- Created on 26 August 2020
- 4. 5 Ways Women Are Already Making History At The 2020 Olympics
- (Feminism)
- ... time in history a woman carries the Olympic Torch from Ancient Olympia, where its journey around the world begins, till it reaches the Tokyo Olympic Stadium on July 24th for the XXII Olympiad!✨ #thankful ...
- Created on 19 February 2020
- 5. This Vagina Goddess Is The Best Ancient Symbol You've Never Heard O
- (Arts)
- Ancient vagina goddess Baubo is the perfect symbol of feminine power for our troubled times. Even to modern eyes, the terracotta statuettes are bizarre. Found in 1896 in the remains of a 5th-century ...
- Created on 30 January 2020
- 6. Why Women Are Rejecting the Term "Anti-Aging
- (Living)
- ... celebrate each milestone. As far back as ancient Greece, people worshiped the crone archetype for her wisdom. She embodied guidance and the search for truth — she eschewed imbalance and meted out judgment. ...
- Created on 22 November 2019
- 7. Historically, Dieting Has Always Been The Worst
- (Living)
- ... and 40% sassafras oil (now banned for consumption in the U.S. due to its toxicity). In Ancient Greece, it was understood that being overweight contributed to a lot of health issues. Greek physician, Hippocrates, ...
- Created on 08 August 2019
- 8. The Legend Of The Unicorn Goes Back Almost 2,500 Years
- (General)
- ... only to those chosen few who would then come back and tell the tale? Scientists and scholars can certainly hypothesize, but as with many other ancient legends, the truth is we will probably never know. ...
- Created on 18 September 2018
- 9. What Happened To The Wild Ravens Of London?
- (General)
- ... article without mentioning a few of the many legends and superstitions that have been connected with ravens throughout history. From as far back as Ancient Greece, the raven has been viewed with a measure ...
- Created on 31 July 2018
- 10. A Look At LGBTQ Gods In Greek Mythology
- (Living)
- Mythology has always taught mere mortals about the values a society believes in, and the ancient Greeks worshipped gods and goddesses that illustrated all kinds of ways of being sexual and in one’s ...
- Created on 12 June 2018
- 11. Artist Ghada Amer Makes A Feminist Statement With Ceramics And Embroidery
- (Arts)
- ... very important. In my Egyptian culture, or since ancient Greece, sculpture was not white. It’s only lost its paint.” Ghada Amer MA VENUS DE MILO 2017 Glazed ceramic 24 x 39 x 9 1/2 inches 61 x 99.1 x ...
- Created on 11 May 2018
- 12. When Mermaid Sightings Were Treated As Fact
- (Living)
- ... culture, from ancient Greece to Victorian England. But mermaid lore was not limited to the realm of folklore and mythology. During the nineteenth century, mermaids appeared with some regularity in art, ...
- Created on 04 April 2018
- 13. 7 Weird Historical Hangover Cures (Including A Hanged Person's Skull
- (Living)
- ... to cope with the morning after. From Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Middle Ages and even the courts of Kings and Queens, every era has its own hair of the dog, and all of them are infinitely more interesting ...
- Created on 04 December 2017
- 14. The Secret Sex Lives Of Witches
- (Sex)
- ... connected to an even older lineage. Uniting the spiritual and the sexual in ritual was the domain of proto-witches known as “sacred whores.” Such women were priestesses in ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, ...
- Created on 30 October 2017
- 15. From Xena to Wonder Woman: The Physics of Female Fighters
- (Movies)
- ... she may not win equally challenging battles outside the world of ancient Greece. Another contemporary heroine, Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer similarly left battles victorious, despite ...
- Created on 05 July 2017
- 16. One In Four Young Women Has Stopped Removing Her Armpit Hair
- (Feminism)
- ... and its potential removal are entangled with much more than just fashion and sales. For centuries, body hair removal or maintenance has been an arbitrary aesthetic mandate for women. While the ancient ...
- Created on 26 May 2017
- 17. Nasty Women Tour of the Met Spotlights History's Nastiest Wome
- (Arts)
- ... by men, so even the ancient artifacts can feel like a bit of a sausagefest. Thankfully, Shady Ladies Tours is here to bring to light the powerful, formidable, nasty women hidden amongst the Met's treasures, ...
- Created on 11 April 2017
- 18. Period Piece: Exploring Menstrual Achievements From 400 BC To Today
- (Living)
- The earth has seen many artful periods come and go. The Prehistoric, Medieval, Pop Art. Yet, only the menstrual period has withstood the test of time. Ancient Romans thought periods were the mark of ...
- Created on 03 April 2017
- 19. A Response To Steve King's 'Somebody Else's Babies' Tw
- (Living)
- ... flourished and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. According to Ancient History Encyclopedia, "It was the Byzantines who were responsible ...
- Created on 29 March 2017
- 20. The Untold History Of Eagle Huntresses
- (Feminism)
- ... and other burial mounds of nomads who roamed the steppes 3,000 years ago and whose artifacts abound in eagle imagery. An ancient Scythian nomad skeleton buried with an eagle was reportedly excavated near ...
- Created on 18 April 2016
